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Clough :: Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.

Grain :: Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river.

Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley..

Valley :: Valley (n.) The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively..

Cliff Limestone :: Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian..

Lum :: Lum (n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool..

Delawares :: Delawares (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory..

Shoebill :: Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak..

Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height..

Tempean :: Tempean (a.) Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming..

Slade :: Slade (n.) A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground..

Viaduct :: Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework..

Synclinal :: Synclinal (a.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal..

Redfin :: Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley..

Till :: Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner..

Gill :: Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys..

Valley :: Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

Dalesman :: Dalesman (n.) One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc..

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